Dr. Ishmael Norman, President of the Institute of Security Disaster and Emergency Studies, has called for an independent Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of two key suspects in the ongoing police investigation into the bullion van heists.
Constable Reindolph Gyimah Ansah and Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame, the two suspects, were killed during a gunfight between police officers and the criminal gang involved in the bullion van heists at Borteyman in Ashaiman.
Dr. Norman said on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday that it was suspicious that, after a shootout, as the Police had described, only the two key suspects had sustained gunshot wounds and died.
According to him, this appears to be a cover-up of something more sinister.
“It just doesn’t make sense, no matter how hard you try to be charitable to the police,” he says. To say the least, it was astonishing that only the two essential people were killed while no one else was killed. What are our next steps? The questions that follow are, “What did they know, and who did they know information about that was damning to those people?” he explained.
As a result, he has called for the formation of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the criminal cells within the police force.
“Who gave the order if they were killed, if they were murdered?” A commission of inquiry is required. Not only about the assassination of the two suspects.
“Who gave the order if they were killed, if they were murdered?” A commission of inquiry is required. Not only do we need an investigation into the killing of the two suspects, but we also need an investigation into criminal cells within the police force.
Dr. Dampare has always stated that he intends to rid Ghana of criminals, and the way he talks, it appears that the problem is not with the police, but with civilians who are enemies of the state, but we now know that the true enemies of the state are the policemen themselves. They are not all of them. So we need to see how deep the corruption in the police is and who the principles are who stand to benefit from it.
He went on to say, “I’d like to know how much money was taken from all the banks, and who got what and how much?” Because there are too many unanswered questions, and until the evidence is made abundantly clear, the Ghana Police will face a much larger image problem.
“Until you can explain beyond a reasonable doubt why those two important witnesses, persons of interest, or probable suspects were shot down, I have no idea if there was any interview, whether their statements were taken from them, whether they were interrogated.” As a result, we need to know.
“I know they’re conducting an investigation and there’s not much they can tell us right now, but we need to know what the Police knows about those two men and why they let them accompany them.”
It is hoped that if the Commission of Inquiry is convened, other criminal cells within the Police Service will be identified and eliminated.
“I believe that if you do it in front of a camera, a lot of people will come forward because if this cell has been broken, there are other cells within the police.
“These young men didn’t just get up and do what they did; they were being controlled; they were just Manchurian candidates; they were told what to do and they’ll go and do it, they get a portion, and the majority of the money goes.” It’s a mafia-like operation. “There are other cells in the Ghana Police that we need to investigate,” he said.
Source: joyfm
